Thank You Wendy Davis, Leticia Van De Putte, and Everyone Who Turned Out in...
There are no words but “thank you.” Your stamina and commitment are admirable and inspiring. Whatever we can do to help prepare for July 1, let’s do it. Pretend all this cheering is my message to you:...
View ArticleOhio Urgently Needs Your Support, Too!
Ohio pro-choice forces urgently need support. From Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio: TOMORROW IN OHIO – The last votes that your lawmakers will cast on the state budget before it is sent to Gov....
View Article#medlibs Chat Tonight on Staff Training and Professional Development
I’m moderating the weekly #medlibs chat tonight on Twitter. Our topic this week is staff training and professional development. I’ve posted some potential questions for discussion here. I’ll use these...
View ArticleSunday News Round-Up, Stay in the Air Conditioning Edition
Some of my recent posts over at Our Bodies Our Blog, the blog of Our Bodies Ourselves. There are links to lots of stories of interest on OBOS’s on Twitter and Facebook accounts as well.: Women Make...
View ArticleNorth Carolina to Be First to Compensate Forced Sterilization Victims
North Carolina is one of *many* states that for decades forcibly sterilized people it considered “undesirable,” without their consent and sometimes even without their knowledge. It sounds like a...
View ArticleSunday News Round-Up, Announcements Edition
A few things that have caught my eye recently: Rape Victims As Criminals: Illegal Abortion after Rape in Ecuador – I haven’t read this report yet, but wanted to pass it along for exploration of how...
View ArticleInteresting Things in MeSH 2014
This one is for the medlibs and me, some interesting changes in MeSH for 2014: The concept (and term for) TEN has been absorbed into Stevens-Johnson Syndrome – makes some sense given the “spectrum of...
View Article*waves*
Just poking my head up to say I’m still here, just swamped. Lots of personal things going on, busy at work (new area of responsibility, new title, and several systematic review projects while my usual...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Fetal Rights Trump Women’s Human Rights
I’m breaking my hiatus to point out that this is exactly what it looks like when states value the fetus’s potential for life over the consent, expressed wishes, and bodily autonomy of women. In her...
View ArticleExcuse Me, Is This Thing On?
Ahem. I haven’t been seen around these parts in a while. For good reasons. The last year has been one of tremendous change, which culminated in December 2014 with my accepting an offer to become the...
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